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Aoki-Hirota, Kawajiri-Yokota Added to Dynamite!! 2009

DREAM lightweights Shinya Aoki and Tatsuya Kawajiri will not face each other at Dynamite!! 2009, but will instead participate in separate bouts taking on two of Sengoku's top lightweights, promoters announced Tuesday.

Aoki, the DREAM lightweight champion, will face Mizuto Hirota, the Sengoku lightweight titleholder. Meanwhile, Kawajiri, who was rumored to challenge Aoki for the title before the DREAM vs. Sengoku theme came about, will fight Kazunori Yokota, who lost in the first-ever Sengoku lightweight bout to Satoru Kitaoka.

The two fights boosts the Dynamite!! 2009 card on New Year's Eve to a total of 16 fights. The fight card is below.

K-1 MAX: Masato vs. Andy Souwer
Sengoku: Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Satoshi Ishii
DREAM vs. Sengoku: Shinya Aoki vs. Mizuto HIrota
DREAM vs. Sengoku: Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazunori Yokota
DREAM vs. Sengoku: Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto vs. Masanori Kanehara
DREAM vs. Sengoku: Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Akihiro Gono
DREAM vs. Sengoku: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Izumi
DREAM vs. Sengoku: Hideo Tokoro vs. Marlon Sandro
DREAM vs. Sengoku: Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Michihiro Omigawa
DREAM vs. Sengoku: Alistair Overeem vs. Kazuyuki Fujita
K-1: Yosuke Nishijima vs. Ray Sefo
DREAM: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
K-1 Koshien Finals: Hiroya-Noiri vs. Shimada-Ishida
K-1 Koshien Semifinals: Hiroya vs. Masaaki Noiri
K-1 Koshien Semifinals Shota Shimada vs. Katsuki Ishida
K-1 Koshien Reserve: Tsukasa Fuji vs. Tatuya Kusakabe

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